Imagine walking into a store, picking out all your groceries for the week and not having to worry about facing an expensive bill at the checkout.
For clients of the Regina Food Bank, that will soon be a reality.
Since the pandemic, there has been a spike in food bank users across the country, up 25 per cent in Regina alone. One in eight families — and one in four children — are now food insecure in the city. Of the 16,000 monthly clients, 44 per cent are kids.
The new Regina Food Bank Community Food Hub, modelled after a traditional grocery store, is set to open this summer in the former government liquor store location downtown.
How about we just feed everyone for free instead? This is 100% possible right now in Canada. Canadian Food waste alone could feed every single person in Canada for 5 months. About 4.82 million tonnes.
Gross right?
Next in line add Water, Shelter, Education, and Medical. Fully covered for every Canadian citizen and no exceptions.
Again this is 100% possible tomorrow without changing anything other than where tax money ends up and I am done pretending like all of the scraps Canadians are given for our money are worth what our “Leaders” get in their own pockets.